News
Smithville seeks community input on strategic plan
SMITHVILLE — The city of Smithville is updating its current strategic plan which will include the city’s mission, vision, priorities, and goals. The plan will help guide the city over the next three to five years in its decision making and actions to meet the needs of the community.
Community Living
Music, dogs part of weekend fun
CLAY COUNTY — Looking for something to do this weekend? There are many outdoor activities. Festhaus Musikanten will bring German music to Friday in the Park from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 28 at North Kansas City’s Festival Pavilion in Macken Park,1002 Clark Ferguson Drive. All concerts are free and open to the public.…
Multimedia
Gallery | Green and White Scrimmage
Smithville football Green and White Scrimmage Saturday, Aug. 15.
Special Sections
Entertainment
Shoal Creek Living History Museum celebrates Pioneer Day of 1866
CLAY COUNTY — The Shoal Creek Living History Museum, 7000 NE Barry Road, will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22. The volunteers will look at the year 1866. Artisans will be demonstrating their skills; buildings will be open for viewing with a few available to enter; skits relating to events…
Opinion
Time to set bitterness aside
We humans have the ability to file both negative and positive experiences in our memory banks. The negative sometimes produce bitterness, a condition someone tagged a “saboteur of the spirit.”